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Contents
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Superlatives of India
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visit India
First University of the world Taxila University
First man to set foot on the Moon Nell Armstrong (U.S.A)
First man to go into space Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR)
First Space Shuttle Launched Columbia
First space ship landed on mars Viking I (July,1976)
First woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thacher
First woman Prime Minister of any Muslim Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
country
First woman Prime Minister of a country S. Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka)
First woman cosmonaut in space Valentina Tereshkova (USSR)
First woman to climb Mt. Everest Junko Tabei (Japan )
First deaf and dumb to cross the Srait of Taranath Shenoy (India)
Gibraltar
First woman president of UN General Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
assembly
First European Invader of Indian soil Alexander, The Great
First woman to reach the North pole Ms. Fran
First woman to reach Antartica Caroline Michaelson
First man to draw the map of earth Anexemander
First man to compile Encyclopaedia Aspheosis (Athens)
First eldest man to climb Mt. Event Richard Wass
First Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy Arthur Ashe (U.S.A)
First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature Rene F.A. & Suilt Pradhom (France )
First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Peiry
(France)
First man to win Nobel prize for Physics W.K. Roentgen (Germany)
First man to win Nobel prize for Chemistry J.H. Wenthoff (Howlland)
First man to win Nobel Prize Medicine A.E. Wonn Behring (Germany)
(Medical Science)
First man to win Nobel Prize Economics Ranger fish (Norway)& John Tinbergen
(Howlland)
First woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)
First Space Tourist (Male) Dennis Tito
First Space Tourist (Female) Mrs. Anousheh Ansari
World's longest hunger striker Irom Chanu Sharmila
First In India
First Persons
The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji
Congress
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General C. Rajgopalachari
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The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore
Indias first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroys executive S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)
The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and
The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
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The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi
The first women head of Indian Cost Accounting Aruna Sethi
First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India's First University Nalanda University
India's First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University
India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
List of Some Places with its Surname
europe
Big apple Newyork Evergreen forest Western Ghats
City of Cycles Beijing Eighth Continent Madagascar
City of Eternal Springs Quito (Ecuador) Emerland island Ireland
City of Sky Scrappers New York (USA) Empire city Newyork
City of Magnificent Washinton DC Eternal city Rome
Distances City of Music Varanasi
City of Golden Gate San Francisco (USA) Eye of greece Athens
City of Seven Hills Rome (Italy) Electronic city of india Banglore
Cockpit of Europe Belgium Forbidden city Lhasa (Tibet)
Concentration Camp of Equatorial Guinea Friendly island Tonga
Africa
Copper Country Zambia Front door of australia Darwin
City of factories Knapur (U.P) Garden city of england Kent(Englans)
City of festivals Madurai , tamil nadu Garden city of world Chicago , Usa
City of dreaming spires Oxford , england Garden city of india Banglore
City of golden temple Amritsar , India Garden of europe Italy
City of magnificent Chennai Garden of south india Thanjavur
distance
City of palaces Kolkatta , india Garden of gods Colorado (USA)
cock pit of europe Belguim Gate way of india Mumbai
City of pope Rome Garden provice of Natal
south africa
City of seven islands Mumbai Gateway of tears Jerusalem
City of snow Canada George cross island Malta
City of arbian nights Baghdad, Iraq Grnaite city Aberdeen (Scotland)
City of motor cars Detroit , Michigan Great white way Broadway ( Newyork)
(USA)
The City that Never Sleeps Cairo Granery of india Punjab
Golden city Johannesburg , South Gift of the Nile Egypt
Africa
Golden penisula Thailand Granery of south india Andhrpradesh
Hermit kingdom Korea Granery of tamilnadu Tanjavuur
Herring pond Atlantic Ocean Granery of kerala Palakkad
Horn of africa Somalia Gribraltar of the indian Aden
ocean
Holy city Jerusalem Golden state California , Usa
Name of the Name of the Name of the Name of the Name of the Name of the
Rivers Cities Countries Rivers Cities Countries
Nile Alexandria Egypt Rmac Lima Peru
Amstel Amsterdam Netherlands Thames London England
Tigris Baghdad Iraq Manzanares Madrid Spain
Chao Phraya Bangkok Thailand Yarra Melbourne Australia
Danube, Sava Belgrade Yugoslavia St. Lawrence Montreal Canada
Spree, Havel Berlin Germany Moskva Moscow Russia
Bogot Bogot Colombia Seine Paris France
Senne Brussels Belgium Moldau Prague Czech Republic
Danube Budapest Hungary Tiber Rome Italy
Ro de la Plata Buenos Aires Argentina Neva Saint Petersburg Russia
Nile Cairo Egypt Mapocho Santiago Chile
Hugli Calcutta India Tiet So Paulo Brazil
Barada Damascus Syria Han Seoul South Korea
Yamuna Delhi India Huangpu Shanghai China
LIffey Dublin Ireland Sumida Tokyo Japan
Saigon Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Danube Vienna Austria
City
Pearl Hong Kong China Vistula Warsaw Poland
Liwung Jakarta Indonesia Sava Zagreb Croatia
Dnieper Kiev Ukraine Limmat Zrich Switzerland
Tagus Lisbon Portugal Sihl
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Parliament of countries
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INDIA GEOGRAPHY
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Important Lakes
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Pichola Lake Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city
in Rajasthan.
Gurudongmar Lake Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. This
fresh water lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in
Sikkim.
Chilka Lake Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake
in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asias largest
inland salt water lagoon.
Vembanad Lake Vembanad Lake is Indias longest lake and is the largest lakes in the
beautiful state land of God, Kerala
Bhimtal Lake The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake which offers magnificent
vistas for tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake, uttarnachal
Upper lake Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in City of
Lakes called Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Kolleru Lake and Pulicat Lake Two major lakes for number of migratory birds in India, AP
The nine coastal Indian states Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa and West Bengal are home to all major and minor ports of India.
Sea Ports in India Top 10 busiest and the largest Sea Ports
Name of the Port State Name of the Port Country
Kandla Port Gujarat Shanghai China
Nhava Sheva Maharashtra Ningbo-Zhoushan China
Mumbai Port Maharashtra Singapore Singapore
Marmagao port Goa Rotterdam The Netherlands
Panambur Port Karnataka Tianjin China
Cochin Port Kerala Guangzhou China
Port Blair Andaman Qingdao China
Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu Qinhuangdao Port China
Chennai Port Tamil Nadu Busan South Korea
Vizag Port Andhra Pradesh Hong Kong China
Paradip Port Orissa
Haldia port West Bengal
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Energy
National Thermal PowerCorporation New Delhi
Electric Finance Corporation Ltd New Delhi
Communication
High Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
National Telecommunication Finance and Management Academy Hyderabad, Telegana
Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Training Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Institute
Telecommunication Engineering Centre New Delhi
Defence
The Coast Guard is headquartered in the Capital, New Delhi.It has 3 Regional headquarters at
Mumbai, Chennai and Port Blair.
1 District Headquarters in each of the nine coastal states and 2 in the Union territories of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.
4 Coast Guard Stations, one each at Vadinar, Okha, Tuticorin and Mandapam.
The Indian Army is organised into seven commands Indian Air Force is organised into seven command
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INDIAN POLITY
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Important Points)
Indian Constitution is the framework of duties and rules of different Indian governing bodies
and its people.
After the independence of India in 1947, it took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to build the
Indian constitution.
26 November 1949 India adopted its constitution and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.
The day (26 January) is celebrated as the republic day in India. Because on that day Indian
constitution came into effect and India became a sovereign, democratic republic country.
To commemorate the PurnaSwaraj declaration of independence of 1930, the date 26 January
was chosen.
Indian constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly and Dr.
BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar is called the father of Indian constitution. Constituent Assembly
had 13 different committees.
Indian constitution is the longest written constitution. It contains 448 articles in 22 parts, 12
schedules and 118 amendments. Indian constitution was hand written and was both in Hindi
and English. The original copies of the constitution are preserved in a secure way.
Many principles of Indian constitution were influenced from different countries constitution.
Such as separation of powers among the majorbranches of government was adopted from the
constitution of United States, directive principle of state policy was adapted from Ireland.
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Aticles For
Article 1 Name and Territory of the Union.
Article 14 Relates to Right to Equality
Article 17 Abolishes the practice of untouchability
Article 18 Prohibits the state from conferring any title.
Article 19 Deals with six freedoms of Indian citizens namely, freedom of
speech and expression
(d) freedom of movement throughout the territory of India
(e) freedom of residence and settlement in any part of India
(d) Freedom of occupation
Article 21 Provides protection to life and liberty to all persons
Article 21A Right to elementary education.
Article 22 Affords protection against arbitrary arrest & detention
Article 23 Prohibits the traffic in human beings and beggars. (making a
person work without wages or adequate compensation)
Article 24 Prohibits the employment of children below 14 years.
Articles 25-28 Relates to Right to freedom of religion
Article 32 Right to Constitutional Remedies described as The heart and
soul of the Constitution by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Article 36-51 Relates to Directive Principles of State Policy.
Article 39A Free legal aid
Article 40 Deals with the formation of Panchayats
Article 44 Uniform Civil Code for the Citizens.
Article 45 Free and compulsory education to all children below 14 years of
age.
Article 50 Separation of Judiciary
Article 51 Promotion of International peace & security
Article 51(A) Relates to list of Fundamental Duties
Article 74 Council of Ministers to aid and advice the President
Article 110 Definition of Money Bills.
Article 112 Annual Financial Statement (Budget)
Article 123 Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of
Parliament.
Article 262 Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of Inter
Article 312 All India Services
Article 315 Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the states.
Article 324 Relates to the Election Commission
Article 352 Gives provision regarding emergencies
Article 356 Proclamation of Presidents Rule in the states.
Article 368 Amendment of the Constitution by the Parliament
Article 370 Special status to Jammu and Kashmir
(Religion)Census 2011
Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores
Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%)
Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%)
Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%)
Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%)
Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%)
Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%),
Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%)
Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).
Population Census -2011
It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1871.
Census 2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011
Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.
Census 2011 was the 15th census of india & 7th census after Independece
The motto of census 2011 was Our Census, Our future.
Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$350 million).
First census in 1872.
Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner C.Chandra Mouli
Total Population 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth & China is 1st rank with decadal
growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)
World Population is 7 Billions
Increase in population during 2001 2011 is 181 Million
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Population 1210.19 million [Males 623.7 million (51.54%) Females 586.46 million (48.46%)
Population Highlight
Highest Populous UT-Delhi
Least Populous UT-Lakshadweep
Highest Populous state--Uttar Pradesh
Least populous state--Sikkim
Highest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Maharashtra 4,11,00,980
Lowest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep 26,967
Highest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Uttar Pradesh 13,16,58,339
Lowest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep 33,683
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) Sex ratio in India--943
Highest sex ratio in state--Kerala (1084)
Lowest sex ratio in state--Haryana (879)
Highest sex ratio in UT--Pondicherry (1037)
Lowest sex ratio in UT--Daman and Diu (618)
Child (0-6 years) sex ratio--914
Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Mizoram (971)
Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Haryana (830)
Total Person Literacy Rate--74%
Males--82.14% ,Females--65.46%
Highest Literacy Rate in State--Kerala (94%)
Lowest Literacy Rate in State--Bihar (61.8%)
Hightest Literacy Rate in UT--Lakshadweep (91%)
Lowest Literacy Rate in UT--Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)
Overcoming challenges Reorganize, Restructure Rejuvenate Indian Railways: Chalo, Milkar Kuch
Naya Karen
Three pillars of the strategy:Nav Arjan New revenues, Nav Manak New norms, Nav Sanrachna
New Structures.
Financial Performance
2015-16- Savings of Rs. 8,720 crore neutralizing most of the revenue shortfall, expected OR 90%;
2016-17- Targeted Operating Ratio or 92%, restrict growth of Ordinary Working Expenses by
11.6% after building in immediate impact of 7th PC, reductions planned in diesel and electricity
consumption,
Revenue generation targeted at Rs. 1, 84,820 crore. Investments and Resources
Process bottlenecks overhauled including delegation of powers to functional levels;
Average capital expenditure over 2009-14 is Rs. 48,100 crore, average growth of 8% per annum.
2015-16 investment would be close to double of the average of previous 5 years.
2016-17 CAPEX pegged at Rs. 1.21 lakh crore;
Implementation through joint ventures with states, developing new frameworks for PPP, etc.
No hike in passenger fares.
Action has been initiated on 139 budget announcements made last year.
Eliminate all unmanned level crossings by 2020.
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Swacch Bharat: 17000 biotoilets and additional toilets in 475 stations before the close of this
financial year.
Increased quota for senior citizens and women travellers this year.
Wifi at 100 stations this year and 400 stations next year.
Enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system from 2,000 tickets/min to 7,200/min. Supporting 1.2 lakh
concurrent users now, as opposed to 40,000 earlier.
All major stations to be brought under CCTV surveillance in a phased manner.
Deen Dayal coaches for long distance trains for unreserved passengers. These coaches will include
potable water and higher number of mobile charging points.
IRCTC to manage catering service in phased manner. Local cuisine of choice will be made available
to passengers.
Cleaning of toilets by requests through SMS.
Children's menu, baby foods, baby boards to be made available for travelling mothers.
GPS-based digital display in coaches for showing upcoming stations.
Will open cancellation facility through 139 helpline number.
Introduce bar-coded tickets on pilot basis to tackle menace of ticketless travel.
INDIAN CULTURE
Festivals Of Indian States
States Festivals
Andhrapradesh Dasara Festival,Gangamma Jatara,Gowri Habba,Ugadi,Vaikunta Ekadashi
Assam Ali Ai Ligang,Ambubachi Mela,Baresahariya Bhaona,Bathow puja,Bihu,Bohag
Bihu,Bihuwa dance,Brahmaputra Beach Festival,Bwisagu,Dehing Patkai
festival,Jonbeel mela,Kaziranga Elephant Festival,Magh Bihu,Porag,Rongker
Arunachal Siang River festival,Ziro,Solung,Nyokum,Lossar,Dree,Boori
Pradesh Boot,Loku,Sanken,Reh,Myoko,Budhha Mahotsava,Choekhor,Tamladu,Mopin
Bihar Chhath,Jivitputrika,Patliputra natya Mahotsav,Patna Sahib Mahotsav,Rajgir
Mahostav,Sama Chakeva
Chandigarh Baisakhi,Festival of gardens,Teej
Chhattisgarh Bastar Dussehra,Bastar Lokotsav,Dadaria,Gaur Maria Dance,Madai ,Rajim Kumbh
Goa Shigmo,Bonderam,San joao,Panjim/Margao
Gujarat International Kite festival,Modhera,Kutch Mahotsava,Bhavnath Mahadev fair
Saptak,Shamlaji,TarnetarVautha,Madhavrai
Haryana Lohri,Basant Panchami,Gangore,Baisakhi,Teej,Nirjala Akadashi,Guggapir
Himachal Pradesh Dham,Kullu Dussehra,Mandi Shivaratri ,Sati pradha
J&K Hemis,Lohri,Vaishno devi
Jharkhand Karma,Sohari,Sarhul,Chhath puja,Jityya Bhaiya Dooj
Karnataka Karaga,Dakkebali,Gowri Habba,Kanakadasa Jayanthi,Madikeri Dasara
Mahamastakabhisheka,Mailara Jaatre ,Mysore Dasara
Kerala Onam,Thiruvathira,Vishu
MadhyaPradesh Chethiyagiri vihara,Madai,Bahgoriya,Nimar utsav,Dhrupad samaroh
Maharashtra nant chaturdashi,Bhau, beej,Gudi Padwa,Pola,Shayani Ekadashi,Vat purnima
Mizoram Chapchar Kut ,Mim Kut ,Pawl Kut
Nagaland Horn Bill,Nazu,Sekrenyi,Tuluni,Yemshe,Sankarni,Rengma Ngadah
Odisha Chaiti,Dhanu,Kalahandi,Ghantapatua,Jagaddhagtri,Raja praba ,Ratha
Punjab Maghi,Lohri,Basant,Holi,Vaisakhi,Rakhri,Teeyan - yatra(puri),Samba Dashami
Rajasthan Baneshwar,Gangaur,Pushkar,Teej,Urs
Sikkim Saga Dawa,Lossong,Losar,Dasain,Tihar,Gutor cham
Tamil Nadu Brihadeeswara Temple car festival,Jangura Habba Erwadi Santhanakkodu,Mattu
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pongal,Panguni Uthiram,Thaiusam,Thimithi
Telangana Bathukamma,Bonalu,Sammakka Saarakka Jaathara,Peerla panduga
Tripura Ker,Garia Puja
Uttarakhand Phool Dei,Harela and bhitauli,Olgia,Khatarua,Bat savitri,Janopunya,Chippla
Jaat,Hilijatra
WestBengal Bhadu,Haldia Utsav,Jagaddhatri,Poush Mela
Folk Dances
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Cricket Stadiums
Name of the stadium Location
Nehru Stadium Indore / Pune
Brerbon Stadium Mumbai
Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Baramati stadium Cuttack
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi
Mohinul Haq Stadium Patna
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Name Terms
Athletics Baton,Bell lap,Cross country,Decathlon,Discus throw,False start,Field,Foul,Hammer
Throw,Heptathlon,High Jump,Hurdles,Javelin,Lane,Lap,Long Jump,Marathon,Middle
distance,Pole vault,Photo Finish,relay,Record,Shot put,Sprint,Starting
blocks,steeplechase,Track,Track and field,Triple jump
Badminton Alley, Back Alley, Base Position, Baseline, Center Line, Center Position, Divorce Area,
Forecourt, Long Service Line, Service Court, Short Service Line, Side Alley, T (T-
Junction), Tape, Test Mark, Tramline,Angle of Attack, Angle Of Return, Attack, Back and
Front, Bird On, Clear, Deception, Defense, Diagonal, Doubles, First Serve, Footwork,
Free Point, Front and Back, Game Point, Hand In, Hand Out ,Help, Hit, Level
Doubles, Match Point, Mixed Doubles, Offense, Patty-Cakes, Placement, Rally, Receiving
Side, Rotation, Second Serve, Serving Side, Setup, Side by Side, Sides Singles,
Unforced Error, Touch, Toss, Up,Ace, Air-Shot, Attacking Clear, Kill, Backhand,
Block, Carry, Clear, Closed Face, Cross Court, Cut (Slice), Dab, Danish Wipe, Defensive
Clear, Double Hit, Drive, Drive Serve, Drop, Drop Serve, Flick, Flick Serve, Forehand,
Hairpin, Halfcourt Shot, Holding a Shot, Jump Smash, Lift, Lob, Long Serve, Net Shot,
Offensive Clear, Open Face, Pace, Passing Shot, Pop-Up, Push Shot, Round-The-Head,
Serve, Short Serve, Smash, Slice (Cut), Sling, Spin Serve, Stroke, Throw, Toss Serve,
Wood Shot,Backhand Grip, Backswing, Balk, Dead Bird, Fault, Feint, Flexible Wrist,
Flight, Follow-Through, Foot Fault, Forward Swing, Frying Pan Grip, Hammer Grip,
Home, Let, Locked Wrist, Love (Luv), Lunge, Match, On-Guard Stance, , Player,
Poaching, Rush A Serve, Setting, Stance, Straight Games, Sweetspot, Thumb-Up Grip,
Tipping, Turnover, Waist
Baseball Balk,Battery,Bunt,Change-up,Cleanup,Count,Diamond,Double Play,Error,Fly ball,Foul
Ball,Full Count,Ground ball,Hit and run,Hit for the cycle,Lead Runner,Load the bases,
On-deck,Pinch hitter,Pinch runner,Pitch around,Pitch out,Position Player,power
hitter,Relay,Reliever or relief pitcher,Runners at the corners,Scoring position,Strike
Zone,walk,
Basketball assist,alley-oop,backboard,,buzzerbeater,cherry-picking,double,fast break,field goal,full -
court press,key,pick and roll,posting up,run-and-gun,sixth man,triple
threat,turnover,hops,beat,dime,bounce,bounce pass,wing,downtown,triple-
double,strongside and weakside,elbow,baseline,brick,power dribble,chickenwing,draft,lay
up,MVP,no look pass,overhead pass,slam dunk,
Billiards Angle Shot ,Backspin ,Bank Shot,Bed of Table,Break Shot,Bridge ,Call Shot,
Chalk,Clean the Table,Cue Ball,Curve Shot ,Cushion ,Diamonds,Foot Spot ,Frozen Ball ,
Head Spot ,Hug the Rail ,Jump Shot ,Leave,Open Table,Rack ,Run the Table
,Scratch,Shaft,Sharking,Sights,Slate,Snooker,Solids,Stripes,Cannon,Baulk,long jenny,short
jenny,frame,spider,short and long rest, in-off
Boxing Knock out, Round, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Footwork,
technical knockout,sucker punch,standing eight count,southpaw,rabbit punch,parry,neutral
corner,lowblow,knockdown,jab,hook,holding,head-
butt,fist,cross,counterpunch,clinch,bout,block,bare-knuckled
Chess Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate, international master, Grand master
,accept,active defense,advantage,attack,back rank,backward
pawn,badbishop,berserker,castle long,castle short,centre
break,check,checkmate,chessmen,cross-check,double attack,double check,draw,knight on
the rim,master,mate,minor piece,rank,
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Cricket Toss, Run, Wicket, Pitch, Stump, Bails, Crease, Pavilion, Gloves, Wicket Keeper, Over,
Maiden over, Follow On, Rubber, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump out, Run out, L. B. W; Hit
Wicket, Not out, No ball, Wide ball, Dead ball, Over Throw, Bye, Leg by, Cover drive,
Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Shot, Pull, Sixer, Follow Through, Turn, Googley, Spin,
Yorker, Bouncer, Hattrick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundary line,
Slip, Square leg, Runner, Cover, Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward
short leg, Deep/mid-wicket, etc.
Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Track Race,attack,blocking,bonk,breakaway,bridge the
gap,criterium,drafting,drop,field sprint,gap,jump,kick,hammering,take a flyer,stage
race,pull off,pull,pull thorough,nep-pro,hook
Football Goal, Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Off side, Hattrick, Foul, Left out, Right out,
Stopper, Defender, Move, Side Back, Pass, Baseline, Rebound, Comer bick, back
pass,attacker,free kick,goal line,goal kick,kick off,midfielder,yellow card,wingers,volley
Golf ace, albatross, double eagle, all square, approach putt, apron, ball mark, ballooning, beach,
birdie, blind shot, bogey, bunker, caddy, chip, Claw grip, condor, dogleg, dub, flag, Four-
Ball, Mulligan, off the deck, peg, sand trap, tee shot ,bail out,birdie,caddie,chop
shot,divt,duffer,jungle,par,sand wedge,snake,
Gymnastics Aerial, Back Handspring, Back Somersault, Double Back, Double Twist, Flyaway, Front
Hip Pullover, Front Pike Somersault, Front Split, Front Walkover, Gienger, Handstand,
Hip Circle, Miller, Pike, Rudi, Straddle, Swedish Fall, Tsukahara, Tuck, Whip Back
Hockey Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-stroke, penalty corner, push-in, free-hit, striking
circle goal, goal-line, touch-line, goalkeeper, offside, foul, stick, carry, dribble, tiebreaker,
trapping, etc
Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal, sixty yarder, etc.
Shooting Bag, bulls eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet
Swimming Add Up, Anchor, Approved Meet, Backstroke, Banner, Beep, Bonus Heat, Bottom,
Breaststroke, Bullpen, Bulletin, Cap, Carpool, Cards, Check-In, Check-Out, Course,
Dryland, False Start, Freestyle, Gun Lap, Heats, Jump, Lane Lines, Paddle, Parka, Pool,
Pull Buoy, Relays, Split, Stroke, Yardage etc.
Table Backhand, Backspin, Block, Chop, Closed, Dead ball, Doubles, Drive, Drop shot, Expedite
Tennis rule, Forehand, Inverted, Let, Lob, Long pips, Loop, Match, Medium-long, Open, Penhold,
Pips-in, Pips-out, Push, Receive, Seemiller, Serve, Set, Shake Hands, Short, Sidespin,
Skunk, Smash, Topspin etc.
Tennis smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand, forehand,slice, topspin,serve, drop shot, lob,
down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set, game, grand slam, ace, volley, etc.
Volleyball Assist, Attack, Attack line, Back row attack, Block, Block assist, Campfire defense, Carry,
Center line violation, Chester, Coach kill, Cover the hitter, Cut shot, Deep dish, Dig,
Facial, Fish, Floater, Friendly fire, Free ball, Heat, Husband-and-wife-play, Jedi defense,
Just, Jump serve, Kill, Kong, Line shot, Lollipop, Mintonette, Monument valley, Net
violation, Paint brush, Pancake, Pepper, Prince/Princess of whales, Quick set, Rainbow,
Red card, Redwood, Roof, Screening, Service ace, Set, Shank, Side out, Six-pack, Sizzle
the pits, Spike, Strong side, Stuff, Tandem, Tip, Tool, Trap set, Tuna, Whale, Yellow card
etc.
Weight Bulking, shredded, Six pack, Feeling the Burn, Power Rack, Smith Machine, Muscle
Lifting Memory, Pump and Toners, Cardio Bunny, Plateau, Vascularity, Supersets, Drop
Sets/Strip Sets, Periodization, Pyramiding, Standard Plates and Bars etc.
Wrestling Freestyle, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Inventions & Inventors
Invention Inventor Invention Inventor
Adding Machine Pascal Magnetic Tape Fritz Pfluemer
Airplane Wright Brothers Microphone Charles Wheatstone
Automobile Ferdinand Verbiest Microscope Z.Janssen
Ballpoint Pen C. Biro Motion of Planets Johannes Kepler
Barometer E.Tprricelli Motor Car(Petrol) Karl Benz
Bicycle K.Macmillan Neon Lamp G.Claude
Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner Newtons Law of Galileo Galilei and
Motion Isaac Newton
Bohr Electron Theory Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming
Boyle Boyles Law Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev
Computer Charles Babbage Photon Albert Einstein
Cosmic Rays R.A. Millikan Principle of relativity Galileo Galilei
Dalton Atomic Theory Quantum Mechanics Max Born
Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Radio Marconi
Dynamite Alfred Nobel Radium Marie Curie
Dynamo Michael Faraday Raman Effect Sir C.V. Raman
Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison Refrigerator J.Harrison and A. Catlin
Electricity Benjamin Franklin Structure of Atom Ernest Rutherford
Electromagnetic Field James Clerk Maxwell Telegraph Pavel Schilling
Electric Iron H.W.Seeley Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
Electromagnet W.Sturgeon Telescope Galileo
Electromagnetic Theory Heinrich Hertz Television J.L. Baird
Electron J.J. Thomson Theory of Atom John Dalton
Gramophone Thomas Alva Edison Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein
Geometry Euclid Thermometer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Insulin Frederick Banting Transformer and Michael Faraday
Electric Motor
Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle Type Writer C.Sholes
Law of Gases Gay Lussac Watch A.L.Breguet
Lift E.G.Otis X-rays Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
Agricultural Revolutions
Protein revoultion - higher productivity(Techonology driven 2nd green revolution)-coined by
Modi & Arun jaitely
Green Revolution-Food grains
Green revolution "word" COINED by " william s.goud" - UK
White Revolution or Operation Flood-Milk production-"VARGHESE KURIEN "
Yellow Revolution-Oil Seeds production-" Sam Pitroda
Black Revolution-Petroleum Production
Blue Revolution-Fish Production-"DR.ARUN KRISHNAN".
Brown Revolution-Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production
Golden Fiber Revolution-Jute Production
Golden Revolution-Fruits/Horticulture development/Honey Production--"NIRPAKH TUTEJ"
Grey Revolution-Fertilizer
Pink Revolution-Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production--"DURGESH
PATEL"
Father Of Induced Breeding -"PROF.HIRLAL CHAUDRI"
Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production -"VISHAL TEWARI"
Round Revolution-Potato
Silver Fiber RevolutionCotton
Silver Revolution-Egg/Poultry Production-"INDIRA GANDHI"
Evergreen Revolution-Overall development of Agriculture--Started in 11th plan (2007-2012)
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Companies Name HQ
Airbus France(Aircraft Manufacturer)
Posco South korea (Steel company)
Boeing USA (Aircraft)
Fiat Italy (Automobiles)
Nissan Japan (Automobiles)
Toyta Japan (Automobiles)
Honda Japan (Automobiles)
BMW Germany(Automobiles)
Audi Germany (Automobiles)
Volkswagon Germany(Automobiles)
Hyundai South korea(Automobiles)
Ford USA(Automobiles)
Suzaki Japan(Automobiles)
Renault France(Automobiles)
Volvo Sweedon(Automobiles)
Ashoka Leyland India
Samsung South korea( Electronics and electrical)
Hitachi Japan ( Electrical Appliances)
LG South Korea( Electronics and electrical)
Whirlpool USA ( Electrical Appliances)
Ericssion Swedon (Telecom)
Nokia Finland (Telecom)
Motorola USA (Telecom)
Vodaphone Uk,Britain (Telecom)
Barclays Bank UK (Finance)
Deutsche Bank Germany(Finance)
Goldman Sachs USA (Finance)
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Important Days
January February
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Jan 4 World Braille Day Feb 1 Indian Coast Guard Day
Jan 10 World Hindi Day Feb 2 World Wetlands Day
International Day of Zero Tolerance to
Jan 12 National Youth Day Feb 6
Female Genital Mutilation
Jan 15 Indian Army Day Feb 10 National Deworming Day
Rashtriya Balika Diwas/National Girl
Jan 24 Feb 13 World Radio Day
Child Day
World Leprosy Day
Jan 25 National Tourism Day Feb 20 World Day of Social Justice
National Voter Day
Indian Republic day
Jan 26 Feb 21 International Mother Language Day
International Customs Day
International Day of Commemoration
Jan 27 in Memory of the Victims of the Feb 22 World Thinking day
Holocaust
Jan 30 Martyrs Day Feb 24 Central Excise Day
Jan 31 World Leprosy Eradication Day Feb 27 International Polar Bear Day
March April
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Mar 1 Zero Discrimination Day Apr 2 World Autism Awareness Day
International Day for Mine Awareness
World Wildlife Day and Assistance in Mine Action
Mar 3 Apr 4
National Defence Day World Rat Day
International Pillow Fight Day
International Day of Sport for
Mar 4 National Security Day Apr 6
Development and Peace
Mar 8 International Women's Day Apr 7 World Health Day
Central Industrial Security Force
Mar 10 (CISF) Raising Day, World Kidney Apr 12 World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day
Day
World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 15 Apr 17 World Haemophilia Day
World Contact Day
Mar 18 National Ordinance Factories Day Apr 18 World Heritage Day
International Day of Happiness
World Day of Theatre for Children and
Mar 20 Apr 20 United Nations Chinese Language Day
Young People
World sparrow day
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May June
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Global Day of Parents
May 1 International Labour Day June 1
World Milk Day
May 2 World Naked Gardening Day June 2 International Sex Workers Day
World Press Freedom Day
International Day of Innocent Children
May 3 World Laughter Day June 4
Victims of Aggression
International Energy Day
May 4 International Firefighters' Day June 5 World Environment Day
International Midwives' Day
May 5 June 7 Cancer Survivors Day
World Asthma Day
World Red Cross Day
May 8 June 8 World Oceans Day
World Thalassaemia Day
World Migratory Bird Day
May 9 June 12 World Day Against Child Labour
World Fair Trade Day
May 10 Mother's Day June 13 International Albinism Awareness Day
May 11 National Technology Day June 14 World Blood Donor Day
May 12 International Nurses Day June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Day to Combat Desertification
May 15 International Day of Families and Drought
June 17
World Telecommunication and
May 17 Information Society Day International Criminal Court Day
World Hypertension Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for
May 21 Dialogue and Development June 20 World Refugee Day
Anti Terrorism Day
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July August
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
July 1 National Doctor's Day Aug 1 World Breastfeeding Day
July 2 International Day of Cooperatives Aug 6 Hiroshima Day
July 6 International Kissing Day Aug 7 National Handloom Day
International Day of the World's
Indigenous Peoples
July 7 Global Forgiveness Day Aug 9 Nagasaki Peace Day
Kranti Diwas (Quit India Movement
Day)
July 11 World Population Day Aug 12 International Youth Day
July 12 World Malala day Aug 14 Pakistan Independence Day
July 15 World Youth Skills Day Aug 15 Indian Independence Day
World Humanitarian Day
July 17 International Justice Day Aug 19
World Photography Day
July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day Aug 20 World Mosquito Day
Aug 26 Women's Equality Day
World Hepatitis Day International Day against Nuclear
July 28 Tests
World Nature conservation day Aug 29
National Sports Day
Sanskrit Day
International Day of the Victims of
July 29 World Tiger Day Aug 30 Enforced Disappearances
Small Industry Day
September October
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Sep 2 World Coconut Day Oct 1 International Day of Older Persons
International Day of Non-Violence
International Day of Charity
Sep 5 Oct 2 World Farm Animals Day
National Teachers Day
World Smile Day
Sep 8 International Literacy Day Oct 3 World Nature Day,World Habitat Day
Sep 10 World First Aid Day Oct 4 World Animal Day
United Nations Day for South-South World Teachers Day, World
Sep 12 Oct 5
Cooperation Architecture Day
Sep 15 International Day of Democracy Oct 8 National Air force Day
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November December
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Nov 1 World Vegan Day Dec 1 World AIDS Day
International Day for the Abolition
International Day to End Impunity of Slavery
Nov 2 Dec 2
for Crimes against Journalists World Pollution Prevention Day
World Computer literacy day
International Day of Persons with
World Radiography day
Nov 5 Dec 3 Disabilities
World Tsunami Awareness Day
World Disabled Day
International Day for Preventing the
Nov 6 Exploitation of the Environment in Dec 4 Indian Navy Day
War and Armed Conflict
International Volunteer Day for
Nov 8 World services day Dec 5 Economic and Social Development
World Soil Day
Legal Service Day International Civil Aviation Day
Nov 9 World Orphans Day (Second Dec 7 World Choral Day
Monday of Nov) National Armed Forces Flag Day
International Day of
World Science Day for Peace and Commemoration and Dignity of the
Nov 10 Dec 9
Development Victims of the Crime of Genocide
and of the Prevention of this Crime
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Name State
Atapaka Bird Sanctuary
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh
Sri Peninsula Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary
Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary
Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary Delhi
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Goa
Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
Kutch Bustard Sanctuary Gujarat
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
Thol Lake
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Haryana
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary
Gamgul Himachal Pradesh
Attiveri Bird Sanctuary
Bankapura
Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary
Bonal Bird Sanctuary
Gudavi Bird Sanctuary Karnataka
Kaggaladu
Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary
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Sardarpur Sanctuary
Maharashtra Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project
Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary
Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary
Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
Chandoli National Park
Gautala Autramghat Sanctuary
Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary
Mizoram Dampa Tiger Reserve
Odisha Badrama Sanctuary
Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary
Chilika Bird Sanctuary
Nalbana Bird Sanctuary
Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary
Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary
Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary
Simlipal National Park
Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
Rajasthan Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary
Jaswant Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary
Keladevi Wildlife Sanctuary
Phulwari Wildlife Sanctuary
Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
Todgarh Rawali Wildlife Sanctuary
Sikkim Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary
Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary
Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary
Shingba Rhododendron
Tamil Nadu Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
Mudumalai National Park
Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary
Shenbagathoppu Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife
Sanctuary
Telangana Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary
Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary
Pocharam Forest & Wildlife Sanctuary
Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary
Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuary
Tripura Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary
Uttar Pradesh Asan Bradge Bird Watching
Chandra Prabha Sanctuary
Kaimoor Sanctuary
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary
Ranipur Sanctuary
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Palace)
Arakkal Museum Ayikkara Kerala
Teak Museum Nilambur
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Kollam
Museum
Krishnapuram Palace Kayamkulam
Indo-Portuguese Museum Kochi
Vallathol Museum, Thrissur Thrissur
Mural Art Museum Thrissur
Archaeological Museum, Thrissur Thrissur
Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum Thrissur
Indian Business Museum Kozhikode
Kerala Soil Museum Thiruvananthapuram
Napier Museum Thiruvananthapuram
Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum Kozhikode
Wayanad Heritage Museum Ambalavayal
Hill Palace Thrippunithura
Bharat Bhavan Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
Regional Science Centre Bhopal
Remember Bhopal Museum Bhopal
Central Museum Indore
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Bhopal
Sangrahalaya
Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum Dhubela
Rani Durgavati Museum Jabalpur
Prince of Wales Museum (Chhatrapati Mumbai Maharashtra
Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya)
National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai
Nehru Planetarium Mumbai
Nehru Science Center Mumbai
Ballard Bunder Gatehouse Mumbai
Bhau Daji Lad Museum Mumbai
Cavalry Tank Museum Ahmednagar
Coin Museum Nasik
Cowasji Jehangir Hall Mumbai
Darshan Museum Pune
Joshis Museum of Miniature Railway Pune
Mahatma Phule Museum Pune
Mani Bhavan Mumbai
Nagpur Central Museum Nagpur
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum Pune
Raman Science Centre Nagpur
National Maritime Museum Mumbai
Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum Kolhapur
Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Kolhapur
Math), Kolhapur
Manipur State Museum Imphal Manipur
Sekta Archaeological Living Museum Imphal
Mizoram State Museum Aizawl Mizoram
Odisha State Museum Bhubaneswar Odisha
Regional Museum of Natural History Bhubaneswar
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Patiala Punjab
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India Struggle
Giani Zail Singh President of India Ekta Sthal Place of Unity Delhi
Gulzarilal Nanda Acting Prime Minister of Narayan Ghat Ahmedabad(Gujarat)
India
I. K. Gujral Prime Minister of India Smiriti Sthal Place of Delhi
Remembrance
Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India Shakti Sthal Place of Power Delhi
Jag Jivan Ram Deputy Prime Minister of Samta Sthal Place of Delhi
India Equality
Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India Shantivan Garden of Delhi
Peace
Krishna Kant Vice President of India Nigambhoot Ghat Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India Vijay Ghat Victory Delhi
Platform
Mahatma Gandhi Father of the Nation Raj Ghat Royal Steps Delhi
Morarji Desai Prime Minister of India Abhay Ghat Ahmedabad(Gujarat)
P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minister of India P.V. Ghat Delhi
K.R. Narayanan 10th President of India Ekta Sthal Karma Bhoomi Delhi
Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister of India Veer Bhumi Land of Brave Delhi
Rajendra Prasad President of India Mahaprayan Ghat Patna(Bihar)
Shankar Dayal President of India Karma Bhumi Land of Duty Delhi
Sharma
Name of the River Name of the City Name of the River Name of the City
Alaknanda Badrinath Kaveri Erode
Bhadra Bhadravathi Krishna Vijayawada
Brahmani Rourkela Krishna Sangli
Brahmaputra Dibrugarh Krishna, Koyna Karad
Brahmaputra Guwahati Mahanadi Banki
Chambal Kota Mahanadi Cuttack
Chambal Gwalior Mahanadi Sambalpur
Cooum, Adyar Chennai Meenachil Kottayam
Daman Ganga River Daman Mula, Mutha Pune
Ganga Mirzapur Musi Hyderabad
Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Allahabad Narmada Jabalpur
Ganges Bhagalpur Narmada Bharuch
Ganges Haridwar Netravati, Gurupura Mangalore
Ganges Kanpur Noyyal Coimbatore
Ganges Patna Panchaganga Kolhapur
Ganges Varanasi Pennar Nellore
Ganges Farrukhabad Rapti Gorakhpur
Ganges Fatehgarh Rushikulya Brahmapur
Ganges Kannauj Rushikulya Chhatrapur
Ganges Kanpur Cantonment Sabarmati Ahmedabad
Ganges Shuklaganj Saryu Ayodhya
Ganges Chakeri Savitri Mahad
Ganges Hajipur Sharavathi Honnavar
Ghataprabha Bagalkot Shipra Ujjain
Girna River Malegaon Sutlej Ferozpur
Godavari Rajahmundry Tapi Surat
Godavari Nashik Thamirabarani Tirunelveli
Godavari Nanded Tunga River Shimoga
Godavari Nizamabad Tungabhadra Hospet
Gomti Jaunpur Ulhas Karjat
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Archery Players
Arun Vishnu Chekrovolu Swuro Laxmirani Majhi
Abhishek Verma Deepika Kumari Limba Ram
Atanu Das Dola Banerjee Sandeep Kumar
Bombayla Devi Jayanta Talukdar Tarundeep Rai
Athletes
Amit Kumar Saroha Kavita Raut P.T.Usha
Anilda Thomas Kheta Ram Ramkaran Singh
Anju Bobby George Khushbir Kaur Raut Deepa Mallick
Ankit Sharma KM Beenamol Renjith Maheshwary
Annu Rani(Javeline Lalita Babar Sandeep Kumar
Thrower)
Ashwini Nachappa M. R. Poovamma Sapna Punia
Baljinder Singh Mandeep Kaur Seema Punia Antil
Dharambir Singh Manish Singh Rawat Shiny Abraham
Dutee Chand Manpreet Kaur Soma Biswas
Gurmeet Singh Milkha Singh Srabani Nanda
Inderjeet Singh Muhammad Anas Sudha Singh
Irfan Kolothum Thodi Neeraj Chopra Thonakal Gopi
Jinson Johnson Nirmala Sheoran Tintu Luka
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Nitender Singh Rawat Vikas Gowda
Kavita Ramdas OP Jaisha
Badminton Players
Anup Sridhar H S Prannoy Prakash Padukone
Ajay Jayram Jwala Gutta Pulella Gopichand
Aparna Popat Kidambi Srikanth Saina Nehwal
Ashwini Ponnappa Manu Attri Siril Verma
Chetan Anand P. V. Sindhu Sumeet Reddy
Chirag Sen Parupalli Kashyap Valiyaveetil Diju
Dipankar Bhattacharya
Basketball Players
Anitha Pauldurai Geethu Anna Jose Satnam Singh Bhamara
Divya Singh Prashanti Singh Shiba Maggon
Body Builders
Prashant Sulunkhe Mamota Devi Yashmeen Manak
Bobby Singh Ram Niwas Yatinder singh
Deepika Chowdhury Sangram Chougule
Karauna Waghmare Shweta Rathore
Billiards and snooker
Aditya S. Mehta Ishika Shah Siddharth Parekh
Anushi Seth Michael Ferreira Sourav Kothari
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Government Schemes/Yojanas
Yojana) and
Development
Authority
(PFRDA)
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya MoP 2015 756 billion (US$11 billion) Rural Power
Gram Jyoti Yojana or Supply
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY)
Digital India Programme MoC&IT 2015 1 Lakh Crore Digitally
Programme : 9 Pillars Empowered
Nation
Namami Gange MoWR 2015 Rs.20000 crore for 5 years Clean &
Programme Ganga to be made open Protect Ganga
defecation-free by 2022.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal MoSD&E 2015 Rs. 120 billion Skill
Vikas Yojna Development
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha MoF 2015 Accident insurance scheme Insurance
Bima Yojana with annual premium of RS.12
Age : 18 and 70 years
Death or full disability Rs.2
lakh
Partial Permanent disability
Rs.1 lakh
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan MoF 2015 Accident insurance Insurance
Jyoti Bima Yojana schemeannual premium
of Rs.330
Age: 18 and 50 years
Death due to any cause - Rs.2
lakh
Heritage City MoUD 2015 RS.500 Cr Urban
Development and Target: March 2017 in 12 cities Development
Augmentation
Yojana(HRIDAY)
Pradhan Mantri Sukanya MoWCD 2015 Age: Below 10 and Deadline Women
Samriddhi Yojana 18 Empowerment
(PMSSY)or Girl Child Minimum : Rs.1000
Prosperity Scheme Maximum: Rs.1,50,000
Smart Cities Mission MoUD 2015 Rs. 98,000 crore Urban
Target: 100 cities by 2022(109 Development
revised)
First List:10
Second List: 13
Third List: 36
Atal Mission for MoUD 2015 Rs 50,000 crore Urban
Rejuvenation and Urban 500 cities Development
Transformation
(AMRUT)
Pradhan Mantri Awas MoHUPA 2015 Rs. 2 trillion Housing
Yojana (PMAY) or To build 2 crore houses by
Housing for All 2022
305 cities in 9 states
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal MoSD&E 2015 Rs. 120 billion Skill
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Airfares will be capped at 2500
rupees for an hours flight.
Pradhan Mantri Gram MoRTH 2000/2016 Villages connected with new Transport
Parivahan Yojana roads
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit MoRTH 2016 Outlay: Rs.2000 Cr Transport
Sadak To eliminate dangerous sites
Yojana(announced) where accidents occur more
frequently by using the better
design and road engineering.
Lucky Grahak Yojana Niti Aayog 2016 For Consumers Digital
Nov 8 to April 13, 2017 Payment
Name of the Book Name of the Author Name of the Book Name of the Author
2014: The Election That Rajdeep Sardesai Kanthapura Raja Rao
Changed India
30 Women in Power Their Voices, Their Kanyadaan Vijay Tendulkar
Stories- Naina Lal
Kidwai
50 years of man in space Garik Israelien, Brian Kapal Kundala Bankim Chandra
May and David J Chatterjee
Eicher
A Bend in the river V S Naipaul Kashmir A Tragedy of Tavleen Singh
Errors
A Brush with Life Satish Gujral Kashmir Diary: Gen Arjun Ray
Psychology of Militancy
A Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru Kashmir in the Crossfire Victoria Shaffield
A China Passage J.K. Galbraith Kashmir-A Tale of Shame Hari Jaisingh
A Conceptual S S Kohli Kashmir-Behind the Vale M J Akbar
Encyclopaedia of Guru
Granth Sahib
A Dangerous place D.P. Moynihan Kashmir-The Wounded Ajit Bhattacharjee
Valley
A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Katghare Main Ram Sharan Joshi
A Foreign Policy for India I K Gujral Kaya Kulp Premchand
A Haunted House Virginia Woolf Kayakalp Munshi Prem Chand
A Himalayan Love Story Namita Gokhale Kayar Thakazhi Sivasankara
Pillai
A Man and A Motorcycle, Bette Dam Keepers of the Keys Milan Kundera
How Hamid Karzai Came to
Power
A Midsummer Nights William Shakespeare Khushwantnama The Khushwant singh
Dream Lessons of My Life
A Million Mutinies, Now V.S. Naipal King of Dark Chamber Rabindra Nath Tagore
A Nation Flawed-Lesson P N Chopra Kiratarjuniya Bharavi
from Indian History
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A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy Kitni Navon Main Kitni S H Vatsyayan
Bar
A Passage to India E.M. Forster Koraner Nari Taslima Nasreen
A Peep into the Past Vasant Navrekar Kore Kagaz Amrita Pritam
A Possible India Partha Chatterjee Kulliyat Ghalib
A Prisoners Scrapbook L.K. Advani Kumar Sambhava Kalidas
A Psychoanalysis of the Abdulla Kamal Lady Chhatterleys Lover D.H. Lawrence
Prophets
A Reveolutionary Life Laxmi Sehgal Lajja Tasleem Nasreen
A Season of Ghosts Ruskin Bond Lal Bahadur Shastri: Pavan Choudary
Lessons in Leadership
A Secular Agenda Arun Shourie Lal Bahadur Shastri C P Srivastava
A Story of History Arnold Toynbee Law, Lawyers & Judges H R Bhardwaj
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth Laws Versus Justice V R Krishna Iyer
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens Le Contract Social Jean Jacques Rousseau
A Village by the Sea Anita Desai Less Miserable Victor Hugo
A Week with Gandhi Louis Fischer Life Divine Shri Aurobindo
A Womans Life Guy de Maupassant Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera
Acoession to Extinction D R Mankekar Lipika Rabindranath Tagore
Across Borders, Fifty-years J N Dixit Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton
of Indias Foreign Policy
Adhe Adhure Mohan Rakesh Living with Honour Shiv Khera
Adventures of Sherlock Arthur Conan Doyle Lolita Vladimir Nobokov
Holmes
Adventures of Tom Mark Twain Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
Saweyer
Aesops Fables Aesop Lost Child Mulk Raj Anand
After the Dark Night S M Ali Love and Longing in Vikram Chandra
Bombay
Against the Tide Minoo Masani Love in A Blue Time Hanif Khureshi
Age of Reason Jean Paul Sartre Love, Truth and A Little Khushwant Singh
Malice
Agni Pariksha Acharya Tulsi Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam Madhushala Harivansh Rai
Bachchan
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal Magnificent Maharaja K Natwar Singh
Ajatshatru Jai Shankar Prasad Mahabharata Maharshi Ved Vyas
Akbar The Aesthete Dr. Indu Anand Mahatma Gandhi Girija Kumar Mathur
Akbarnama Abul Fazal Making India Awesome Chetan Bhagat
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Malati Madhav Bhavabhuti
Amar Kosh Amar Singh Malavikagnimitra Kalidas
An idealist View of Life Dr S Malti Madhav Bhavbhuti
Radhakrishnan
An iron Will Swett Marden Malvikagnimitra Kalidas
Anand Math Bankimchandra Man and Superman G. B. Shaw
Chattopadhyay
Anatomy of a Flawed J N Dixit Manviya Sanskriti Ke Prof Raghuvansh
inheritance Rachnatmak Aayam
Anguish of Deprived Lakshmidhar Many Worlds K P S Menon
Mishra
Animal Farm George Orwell Mati Matal Gopinath Mohanty
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy Meghdoot Kalidas
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Indian Muslims Prof Mohd Mujeeb Waiting for the Mahatma R K Narayan
Indian Parliamentary Meira Kumar Walking With Giants G.
Diplomacy- Speakers Ramachandran(former
Perspective Finance Secretary )
Indian Philosophy Dr S Walls of Glass K A Abbas
Radhakrishnan
Indian War of V.D. Savarkar War and No Peace Over Maroof Raza
Independence Kashmir
Indira Gandhis Emergence Nayantara Sehgal War and peace Leo Tolstoy
and Style
Indiras India S Nihal Singh War of Indian Vir Savarkar
Independence
Inside the C.B.I. Joginder Singh Waste Land T.S.Eliot
Insider P V Narsimha Rao Water, Peace and War Brahma Chellaney
Confronting the Global Ambedkar
Water Crisis
Intelligence Services Dr Bhashyam We Indians Khushwant Singh
Kasturi
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri We, the People N A Palkhivala
It is Always Possible Kiran Bedi Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie Why I Assassinated Nathuram Godse
Gandhi
Jai Somnath K M Munshi Widening Divide Rafiq Zakaria
Jajar, Churashir Maa Mahashweta Devi Wings of Fire Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Jankijeevanam Prof Rajendra Without Fear or Favour Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Mishra
Jawaharlal Nehru, Rebel B R Nanda Witness to History Prem Bhatia
and Statesman
Jawaharlal Nehru-A Damodaran, A. K. Women and Men in My Khushwant Singh
Communicator Life
Joseph Anton: A Memoir Salman Rushdie Worshipping False Gods Arun Shourie
Book
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Worthy Fights A Memoir of Leadership
in War and Peace Leon
Panetta and Jim Newton
Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Wreck Rabindra Nath Tagore
Junglee Girl Ginu Kamani Yajnaseni Dr Pratibha Roy
Jurassic Park Michael Chrichton Yama Mahadevi Verma
Kadambari Bana Bhatt Yashodhara Maithili Sharan Gupta
Kagaz Te Kanwas Amrita Pritam Yayati V S Khandekar
Kali Aandhi Kamleshwar Year of the Vulture Amita Malik
Kamadhenu Kubernath Ray Years of Pilgrimage Dr Raja Ramanna
Kamasutra Vatsyayan Yesterday and Today K P S Menon
Kamasutra S.H. Vatsayayan Your Dreams Are Mine Ravinder Singh
Now: She Showed him
What Love
Kamayani Jai Shankar Pandit Zulfikar Ali Bhutto & Rafi Raza
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VERSION DETAILS
Version 1:
Gk capsule version 1 released on July 2016.
Version 2:
Gk capsule version 2 released on 15th Nov 2016.
The new hook points are
1.Longest Strait, Longest Railway, Longest Bridge, etc in the Superlatives of world(p.no:2), added
new 3 Heritage sites of India in Indias World Heritage Sites(p no:13) and first worldTsunami
Awareness Day Nov 5(p no 54).
2. we included some new gk facts like Gardens in India, Memorial places of Famous Indian
Personalities, Important River Projects, Founders of News paper in Olden day, Important Rivers on
Indian Cities, Famous Indian Sports Personalities, Space Agency and Indian Missiles(from p.no 73)
Version 3:
Gk capsule version 3 released on 24th Dec 2016.
In this vesion we have included list of central government schemes and impotant books & authors
(from p.no 85)
AffairsCloud Important Page Links
Current Affairs
Current Affairs 2016
Current Affairs Today
Current Affairs PDF
Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs Mock Test
Study Materials PDF
Reasoning Questions
Quantitative Aptitude Questions
English Questions
Computer Questions
Banking Awareness Questions
General Aptitude
Reasoning
Letter Writing
Math Tricks
Computer Awareness
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